Saw frame



F. H. KELLEY Sept. 4, 1934.

SAW FRAME Filed May 14, 1934 lnvenTor. FredeTicK H.Ke\\ey b /maa MJKW Afiys.

Patented Sept. 4, 1934 I UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' i SAW FRAME Frederick H. Kelley, Franklin, N. H., assignor to G. W. Griffith 00., Franklin, N; H., a corporation of New Hampshire Application Man, 1924, Serial No. 725,457

' 2 Claims. 01. 145-32. w h v This invention relates to so-called coping mounted so as to occupy the same plane as that. saw frames, and especially to such saw frames of the frame. These slots -7"are of suflicient as are made of flat stock. depth to receive either a blade made of fine" The general object of the invention is to progauge Wire such as the blade 8 in Figs. and

5 vide a saw frame of this type which is light in 6 and which is provided with the loop end 9, 60

weight, which is stiff and economicalto manu- 01' a wider blade 6 of the type whichhas an facture, and which is constructed so that it can anchoring p 0 e din the eth ough at be used either with saw blades made of fine each h arm 4 is formed o ts Outer gauge wire with 100p ends 01' with wider saw edge With a transverse groove 11 adapted to 16' l0 blad s having anchoring pins t, their nds, ceive the pin when the pin-end blade 6 is 65 Another object of the invention is to provide used as shown in d0tted lines o rean improved aw frame of this type which is ceive the lower portion of the loop 9 when the constructed so that a saw blade of either type blade 8 of fi gauge w and av a 001 can be placed therein either in a position 00- is usedcupyjng the plane of the frame or in a, position It Will be understood that when the blade is v in a plane t right angles t t plane of t to be mounted in the frame it will be necessary frame to force the arms 3 and 2 together slightly so In order to give an understanding of the inas to permit the p s 10 the loops 9 o be vention I have illustrated in the drawing a Seated in the grooves W the pressure O selected embodiment thereof which will now be the arms is released the en y of the arms 75 described after which the novel features will be Will hold the blade t ut as usual in saw frames pointed out in the appended claims. of this ype- In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a side view of a saw 111 Order to provide a simple and p sive frame embodying my ti way of mounting the saw blade in the frame so Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view on the that it Will occupy a position at right es to 86 line 2 2 1 t parts broken t; the plane of the frame as shown by full lines in Fig. 3 is a fragmentary top plan view of the Figs- 1 and 2, each arm 3, 4 s o med with a saw frame shown in Fi 1; laterally-extending blade-receiving projection 12 Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of Which is preferably formed y sWagihg Offone arm of the frame; setting a. portion of the material of the arm. 85

Fig. 5 is an enlarged side view of the upper These laterally offset projections 12 can be arm of the frame showing a saw blade made formed y s j g the ends of the arms 3 and of fine gauge wire mounted in the frame; 4 t0 the action of suitable dies which have a Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6, Fig. 5. swa in or d f mi f t on the a s, the by J The saw frame herein illustrated is indicated to force some of the material at the back edge 96 generally at 1 and it is made from a single piece of the arm late a y t t shape 0f the proof flat stock which is bent to provide the back jection 12'. This projection may havedifferent 2 of th s frame and the two blade-carrying shapes and in the construction shown the proarms 3, 4. The stock from which the frame is jections are inclined at al y a d ou wa dly and 40 made is flat sided and. has a general rectanguhave the outer inclined face 13. 95

lar shape in cross section. Each projection is provided with a blade-re- The saw blade 6 is carried by the ends of ceiving slot 14 extending at right angles to the the arms 3 and 4 as usual in saw frames of this plane of the frame and of sufficient depth so that type and the lower arm 4 is provided with a the bottom 15 of the slot registers with the side handle 5 by which the saw is manipulated. face 16 of the arm. Each projection 12 extends 106' The saw frame is so made that when the saw laterally from the arm 3 or 4 a sufiicient extent is mounted in the ends of the arms 3 and 4 so that when a wide saw blade 6 having thepins the resiliency of the frame holds the saw blade 10 at the ends is inserted in the slots'14, the taut, this being a common construction of saw ends of the projections will extend beyond the 5g frames of this type. pins 10 and the outer face 13 of the projection 105 One feature of the present invention relates will form a rest against which the pins have to the manner in which the arms 3 and 4 are engagement. made to receive the saw blades. Each arm is While it is not essential that the outer faces formed at its end with a blade-receiving slot 7 13 of the projections 12 should have the inclinain which the blade is received when it is to be tion shown in the drawing yet this construc- 1ft tion has the advantage that the tension or strain on the saw blade tends to cause the pins to move down the inclined faces thereby causing the back edge 17 of the blade to hug-the side 16 of the blade-carrying arm. These projections 12 are also equally adapted to provide a suitable mounting for the narrow blade 8 having the loop ends 9 for when such a blade is inserted in the slots 14 the loop ends have engagement with the rear face 13 of the projection 12 and thus the blade is securely retained in place.

A blade-supporting projection which is formed by swaging or offsetting a portion of the back edge of the arm can be made very inexpensively and when the saw frame is formed from a flat stock such as herein shown the projection can be made without weakening the saw frame. By

-means of this invention a saw frame which is ing can be inexpensively manufactured.

As a further means of providing an inexpensive but practical saw frame I have provided a novel means of securing the handle to the frame.

The handle has a, tang shown at 19 and the wooden handle 5 is driven over the tang and thus secured thereto in usual manner. The welding of the tang to the frame can be accomplished inexpensively and it also produces a very rigid structure.

I claim:

1. A saw frame made of flat stock bent to form a back portion and two blade-carrying arms, each arm having struck up therefrom a blade-mounting projection which extends later- I8 welded thereto as ally of the arm, each projection having a blade receiving slot extending at right angles to the arm, and a saw blade mounted in said slots.

2. A saw frame made of flat stock bent to form a back portion and two blade-carrying arms, each arm having struck up therefrom a blade-mounting projection which extends later ally of the arm, each projection having a bladereceiving slot extending at right angles to the arm, the outer surface of each projection inclining downwardly and inwardlyifrom the end of the projection and asaw blade mounted in said slots and with the anchoring portions thereof engaging said inclined outer surfacesof the projections. v o

FREDERICK H KELLEY.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. 1,972,740. September-4, 1934.

FREDERICK H. KELLEY.

It is hereby ceraifed dial the name of the'assignee in the above numbered patent was erroneously descrihed and specified as "G. W. Griffith C0." wheres as said name should have been described and specified as G. W. Griffin Co, as shown by the records ofassignments in this office; and that the said Letters Patent should be readwilhihis correction therein that the same may conform tot'he record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 2nd day of October, A. D. 1934.

Leslie Frazer (Seai) Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

